This guide presents research-based insights that challenge common stereotypes and offer insight into the social, scientific, and legal factors related to sexual assault. It offers practical examples and approaches for professionals in the justice sector to implement in their practice.

This research reveals a troubling culture of victim blaming in Aotearoa New Zealand and it’s family and friends most likely to do it. Victim blaming, where crime victims are held responsible for their victimisation, deflects blame from perpetrators. It also discourages victims from seeking help or reporting crime – a significant issue in New Zealand...

Significant reform is necessary of the laws protecting the community from reoffending risks posed by some people convicted of serious crimes. This paper presents proposals for the reform of the law governing preventive detention, extended supervision orders and public protection orders.

Over the last 14 years, the UK's Conservative-led governments oversaw the hollowing out of public services. The effects of this have been felt across the nation. This report sets out the most pressing problems facing the new government, in four key areas – health and social care, local government, criminal justice and schools – and...

Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is one of the most common forms of homicide in Australia. Considerable recent public debate has focused on the issue yet relatively few programs have been designed to prevent it. This paper explores whether and how a multi-agency model designed to intervene with fixated individual could be applied to the problem.